Draft ERLP findings
Heatmap of responses
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Responses by Economic Region (as defined by the 2016 Census)
Responses
20 questions were posed as part of this exercise. These are summarized below.
For some questions, all responses were added.
1. Choose your language / Choisissez votre langue
| English | 1256 |
| français | 471 |
| NA | 2 |
2. Measurement Canada is responsible for ensuring accuracy in trade of measured goods, developing and enforcing the laws related to measurement accuracy, approving and inspecting measuring devices and investigating complaints of suspected inaccurate measurement. Before this contact, were you aware of our role in the Canadian marketplace?
| Yes | 1585 |
| No | 117 |
| NA | 27 |
3. Other than this, when was the last time you contacted or were contacted by a Measurement Canada representative?
| NA | 1269 |
| 1 to 2 years | 135 |
| 6 months to 1 year | 122 |
| 2 to 5 years | 85 |
| Within the last 6 months | 72 |
| Greater than 5 years | 46 |
Note the significant amount of people who completed the survey but chose not to respond to this question. The graph below shows the proportion of the counts excluding the NA’s
4. As defined in the Weights and Measures Act, TRADE is considered as: The selling, purchasing, exchanging, consigning, leasing or providing of any commodity, right, facility or service on the basis of measure and includes the business of providing facilities for measuring. Does this definition apply to the transactions occurring in your business?
| Yes | 1642 |
| No | 69 |
| NA | 18 |
5. An authorized service provider (ASP) is an organization recognized by Measurement Canada to inspect and certify measuring devices. All ASPs must complete training and meet strict criteria before they can do so. Who do you use to inspect your devices?
| No one / Don’t know | 118 |
| Measurement Canada (MC) | 291 |
| Authorized Service Provider (ASP) | 1400 |
| NA | 17 |
6. For the purposes of this survey, REMOTE LOCATION is defined as: A business that is not easily accessible and therefore provides challenges and/or prohibitive costs for testing the device, including distance, transportation of test equipment or handling of test product. Does your business fit this definition of a remote location?
| Yes | 908 |
| No | 791 |
| NA | 30 |
7. Please describe your principal business line(s)
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8. What type of weighing (scales) or measuring devices (petroleum dispensers, metering devices or other) do you use in trade? Please check all that apply.
Note that 21 entries remain to be categorized
| Scale | 1033 |
| Fuel Dispenser | 758 |
| Bulk Liquid Meter | 243 |
9. When operational, please estimate how may times a day that you measure product using any / all of the devices listed above?
| Greater than 25 transactions a day using a measuring device | 932 |
| 0 to 5 times a day | 360 |
| 11 to 25 times a day | 219 |
| 6 to 10 times a day | 166 |
| NA | 52 |
10. Are there other establishments in your trade sector, or with the same device types, that operate in the same general area as your establishment?
| Yes | 1163 |
| No | 537 |
| NA | 29 |
11. Do you trade in the following sectors (please check all that apply)
Note that 75 entries remain to be categorized
| Retail Petroleum | 826 |
| Retail Food | 730 |
| Mining | 21 |
| Grain and Field crops | 270 |
| Forestry | 116 |
| Fishing | 79 |
| Downstream Petroleum | 79 |
| Dairy | 46 |
12. At the present time, device owners are required to have their scales, gas pumps and other weighing and measuring equipment inspected within a prescribed mandatory inspection frequency in eight sectors: dairy, downstream petroleum, fishing, forestry, grain and field crops, mining, retail food, and retail petroleum. Are the devices you operate inspected within the required frequency?
| Yes | 1584 |
| No | 48 |
| Maybe / I don’t know | 90 |
| NA | 21 |
13. Describe what procedures (if any) you have to check that your devices are accurate and how often?
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14. What obstacles have you faced when trying to get your devices inspected?
Note that 116 entries remain to be categorized
| Transportation challenges | 156 |
| Seasonal operations | 275 |
| No ASP available to inspect my device | 216 |
| Inspection challenges | 116 |
| Cost prohibitive | 388 |
| ASP unwilling to travel to my location | 191 |
15. Is your device is portable and therefore possible to send away for inspection?
| Portable but I do not send it away. | 315 |
| Portable - I send it away for repairs and/or certification. | 191 |
| Not portable | 1252 |
| NA | 49 |
16. As part of this study, we’d like to know your concerns and recommendations for ensuring devices in remote locations meet the regulatory requirements for mandatory re-verification. Please let us know of any other considerations that you feel are important. (eg. time between inspections, costs, availability of ASP)
Temporarily removed these responses
Items 17, 18, and 19 skipped (in this report) as they contain personal information
20. Would you like a Measurement Canada Official to contact you regarding this feedback?
| No | 1373 |
| Yes | 300 |
| NA | 56 |
